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Trade Chatter: Gio, Brewers, Granderson, Mets, O’s

By Steve Adams | August 31, 2018 at 2:20pm CDT

Major League teams have until midnight ET tonight to acquire players who can still be eligible for their postseason roster. While this deadline isn’t likely to be as significant as the July 31 non-waiver deadline, major swaps can still take place. Andrew McCutchen has already gone from the Bay Area to the Bronx, and it was one year ago today that the Astros pulled off a trade for Justin Verlander that played an absolutely pivotal role in their eventual World Series victory. While there is understandably a large focus on Josh Donaldson, who seems likely to be traded today, here are some other rumblings from around the game…

  • The Nationals are discussing a trade of left-hander Gio Gonzalez, tweets Jon Morosi of MLB.com, though it’s not clear if multiple clubs are showing interest in the veteran southpaw with tonight’s deadline looming. Gonzalez has been rocked in three of his past five starts, causing his ERA to balloon from 3.78 on July 28 to its present mark of 4.57. He’s still averaging 7.8 K/9 with quality home-run and ground-ball rates, but he’s walking batters at a higher clip than he has since 2009 (4.6 BB/9). Gonzalez has a lengthy track record as a solid mid-rotation arm, though, and he’s one of very few starers reported to have cleared waivers. He’s still owed about $2MM of this season’s $12MM salary.
  • The Brewers are still looking into multiple upgrade possibilities, and though their fans are clamoring for rotation help, they’re also looking at adding a left-handed bench bat, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic tweets. Curtis Granderson is one possibility to land in Milwaukee, he notes. Granderson has already cleared trade waivers, meaning the Blue Jays can shop him around to any team in the league. He’s owed the remainder of this year’s $5MM salary (about $829K) and is hitting well against right-handed pitching (.250/.345/.443). USA Today’s Bob Nightengale tweets that Granderson is expected to be traded at some point before midnight.
  • Mike Puma of the New York Post tweets that the Mets don’t expect to trade either Jerry Blevins or Devin Mesoraco today. Both are free agents at season’s end, and Blevins was already reported to have cleared waivers (while Mesoraco was also a virtual lock to do so). If that indeed proves to be the case, the May trade in which the Mets and Reds swapped Mesoraco and Matt Harvey won’t have garnered either team any value beyond the current season (unless either player’s time in his new organization leads him to re-sign there).
  • The Post’s Joel Sherman tweets that the Orioles have actually made a surprising number of waiver claims recently, though obviously none have led to a trade just yet. The O’s clearly aren’t going anywhere in 2018, so it’s likely they’ve been attempting to acquire pieces that are controlled into 2019 (and likely beyond). Such players are difficult to acquire in the first place, and doing so in the allotted 48-hour window is all the more difficult.
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  1. TrimReaper

    5 years ago

    Please do Milwaukee.

    Maybe Ray Derek can hope Grandy can play a little SS.

    Reply
    • baseballpun

      5 years ago

      You have to admire his consistency.

      Reply
  2. metvibes

    5 years ago

    Trade or give away Bruce to the Brewers

    Reply
    • brewcrew08

      5 years ago

      No way the brewers bail the Mets out on that deal they just gave Bruce

      Reply
  3. GoRav114

    5 years ago

    Crazy how much the O’s have been acting like a well run organization lately.

    Reply
    • Pops

      5 years ago

      Yes. WTF. I’m not used to this.

      Reply
    • stillerfan

      5 years ago

      Acting and doing are two different things.

      Reply
    • Matt Galvin

      5 years ago

      Jones to Indians? Gonzalez/Zimmerman Mariners? Some Blockbusters tonight,lot more of Catchers/BP’S .

      Reply
      • mike.gordon34

        5 years ago

        Zim is never leaving the Nats. His contract even has terms for an office position once his playing days are over

        Reply
        • stevewpants

          5 years ago

          I think he means Jordan Zimmerman

        • stevewpants

          5 years ago

          Ryan wouldn’t make it through to the m’s is my reasoning but i could be wrong.

  4. MetsYankeesRedSox

    5 years ago

    Nats bailing fast!

    Reply

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